West Brom's Moore wins manager of the month award

11 May 2018

But the sad fact is that even with success in the lower leagues or with under-23 sides these coaches are still not given a chance at the sharp end and instead we appoint "safe, experienced" managers from these shores or big-name coaches from overseas who, not by coincidence, were given a chance to shine much earlier at a higher level by more open-minded, forward-thinking boardrooms or technical directors.

Substitute Manolo Gabbiadini scored the second-half victor as Southampton took a massive towards Premier League survival with a 1-0 win at relegation-haunted Swansea.

The champions' 105 league goals are more than any other side has recorded in the Premier League era, whilst no other team has recorded 31 wins and 97 points in a single campaign and the team still have one game to play.

However, this is his first taste of management at the top level so nothing is assured despite being so successful as well as popular with players and fans alike.

The Saints certainly had the last laugh, winning the relegation decider 1-0 at the Liberty stadium.

Swansea is hosting Stoke on Sunday and a loss will mean they will be eliminated from the Premier League.

They might additionally catch Huddersfield, who've two fixtures left - away at Chelsea on Wednesday evening and residential to Arsenal on Sunday.

Picked up on Sky Sports cameras as they tried to guage the temper of Swansea followers who had simply seen the Italian rating, they briefly caught the kid summing up the state of affairs with a fatalistic: 'Oh properly'. Swans are at -27 while the Terriers are at -29.